The Director of Administration and Finance based in Lome, Togo will be responsible for ensuring the financial compliance of the project teams assigned to him/her. In charge of the FHI360 platform, he/she will oversee the country office in Togo. He/She will report to the COP and regional office in Washington, DC.
Areas of Responsibility:
- In charge of managing the Administration & Finance Department, the DAF supervises all activities relating to the accounting, financial, management control and general services of the organization and its related entities (Human Resources, IT, Contracts / Purchasing and Admin).
- Collaborates with finance team to maintain operation accounts (authorization, validations, payments of invoices, wages).
- Monitors, validates and transmits monthly accounting deliverables to HQ.
- Tracks and budgets expenses.
- Leads the development and implementation of annual plans in accordance with strategy and policies.
- Ensures compliance for budgets that have been allocated for the FHI 360 Mali office.
- Guarantees good accounting and financial reporting for the FHI 360 Mali office.
- Manages the development and analysis of the financial reports of different projects.
- In charge of preparing and analyzing monthly expenses.
- Responsible for the preparation and coordination of the monthly closing work.
- Responsible for developing and modifying budgets.
- Participates in accounting work: verification of supporting documents, monitoring of payments and processing of transactions in the accounting software.
- Participates in the management of advances, the monitoring and the liquidation of mission advances, workshops, staff, partners and consultants.
- Manages salary preparation, tax return statements.
- In charge of drawing up grant agreements and contracts with local partners. These responsibilities include: assessment of administrative and financial management capacity before signature of an agreement or contract, assistance with the preparation of partners 'budgets, review of partners' budgets in partnership with the technical / programmatic team, development administrative and financial management skills of the partners, in collaboration with the Headquarters Contract Management Department (CMS).
- Participates in partner expenditure analysis work.
- Prepares and helps facilitate various audits of accounts and financial statements.
- Coordinates work with the management control unit.
- Ensures compliance with legal and administrative deadlines specific to associations.
- Ensures the security of different sites, data, assets and people.
- Ensures the coherence of internal information systems.
- Responsible for all operations related to human resources, finance, contracts, markets and administration.
- Ensures the supervision of teams and the management of service managers
Educational Background:
Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent. Master’s degree or minimum BAC + 4 in finance and accounting or equivalent degree, preferred.
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of 8+ years (10 years preferred) finance management experience..
- At least 6 years of USAID Public Funding Management practice.
- Preferably 5 years of experience in a managerial position.
- Strong knowledge of US federal regulation (contract and sub-partner management).
- Experience in capacity building in NGO financial accounting
- Expertise in US government costs principles, rules and regulations and their application in program decision-making.
- Advanced skills in Excel, Word and accounting software.
- Strong ability to develop accurate and timely reports to donors.
- Ability to work in a multisectoral, multi-disciplinary and multicultural environment.
- Experience working as a member of a high-performance team
- Have an excellent ability to communicate in English both orally and in writing.
- Fluency in French required.
Compensation/Benefits:
FHI 360 fosters the strength and health of its workforce through a competitive benefits package, professional development and policies and programs that support healthy work/life balance. Join our global workforce to make a positive difference for others — and yourself.
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Sep 21 2019
Active Until:
Oct 21 2019
Hiring Organization:
Fhi 360
industry:
Nonprofit